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I did a test print of Snoopy on my Anycubic i3 Mega and Cura 3.5. I have some layer banding issues but it is acceptable for a test. I'm still airbrushing the pieces. I could not figure out the left/right eyes - they stick out almost like eye lashes. I printed them 3 times with different settings. The eyes took less than 3-minutes so no big deal. If I can't fit them, I may just fill-in the space and paint that black or cut the eye pieces down to fit.

Typically the problem with fitting the smaller pieces is due to the first layer squish. If you print so that the first layer is squished it is then a pit wider. A few ways to get around this: 1-Print the parts with a raft (not a brim), 2-Use a file/sandpaper to clean the brim (tough to do with large hands), 3-Find a way to reduce the first layer squish, 4-resize the part in the x/y plane and not z

is there a reason you did not include this design as a single piece? this is such a chore to actually print something like this out in a bunch of little pieces when it could also just be printed as a single piece and painted. I was hoping to print this but will not be doing so as the part count is way too high.

Firstly. thanks a lot for posting your excellent work. So far I have made Charlie Brown and this Snoopy and Kennel. I have used coloured PLA as per the readme(s) with one exception, While likely correct, Snoopy's dog collar in red looked wrong blended in against the red house, so I changed it to brown (leather). Linus is possibly next.

Very small point, some tabs would help join the kennel body to the roof in alignment easier?

Can I make a few possible future suggestions? Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, etc? Top Cat, Bennie, Officer D(r!)ibble and the gang? And my favourite cartoon of all time (My Dad used to work with Ray Patterson before he became an animator).............Tom and Jerry (with Spike!)

Dave,
Thank you for the kind words.
I thought about a different color for Snoopy's collar but the drawings I worked off of had a red collar so I stuck with that. You are right about tabs for the house. What happens quite often with my models is that since I use a tacky glue instead of a fast drying glue, I have plenty of time to position pieces. I then forget to go back and make it easier for other makers. Thank you for highlighting this again which will help me improve my future models.

I track all maker requests diligently and I have everything that you've mentioned already on my 'possibilities' list. Trouble is that it takes me 4-6 weeks to make a model, including being able to print with little to no supports (I'm slow on top of it all). I'm going to try and add characters to existing series that I've already started.

Keep the suggestions coming and if your dad has any drawings that could be made into a 3D model, PM me.

Steve: once again, another excellent model. I believe I buy most of my filament just to print your models [and now I see Kermit just posted.] And your wife is correct about posting Snoopy, of course.

It must have been difficult to choose a scale for this one. Early Peanuts strips had both Snoopy and his house shorter than the other characters. Both seemed to "grow" as the strip matured over the years until they were the relative size you've modeled here.

Someday, I hope to see Snoopy flying his bullet-holed doghouse over the fields of France, long scarf blowing in the wind, shaking his fist and cursing the Red Baron. In the meantime, this one is perfect.

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